Bale-tie



(No Medel.) I. A. KI'LMER.

Bale Tie.

No. 242,655. Patented June 7,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRVING A. KILMER, OF SOHENEGIADY, NEW YORK.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,655, dated June '7,1881.

Application filed April 23, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRVING A. KILMER, a citizen of the UnitedStates,resident at Schenectady, in the county of Schenectady and Stateof New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inBale-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference heinghad to the accompanying drawin gs,an d to lettersorfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 represents the head applied to the wire; Fig. 2, the headseparate; Fig. 3, a modification.

This invention relates to improvements in bale-ties. I

The invention consists in a tie or head having through it a slot inwhich the edges at one end come in together, as hereinafter set forth.

In the annexed drawings, A represents a head, preferably flat, as shown.Through this is out the slot B. This slot is enlarged at its end b, soas to afford areadyentry of the wire. At the end I) the edges 0 of theslot come in (No model.)

together, being somewhat V or wedge shaped, so that as the wire slipsdown there it is caught and held firm; The stationary. end of the wire Dis slipped through the slot B, and being twisted securely is held at thelarger end, b, as shown. The wire is then passed about the bale, slippedat its other end through the slot B, and turned under the main wire.When the bale is released this end is drawn into the IRVING A. KILMER.

Witnesses:

T. S. KILMER, H. SEYMOUR.

